PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

NAVAL AIR FACILITY, ADAK
(a/k/a ADAK NAVAL AIR STATION)
ADAK, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CENSUS, ALASKA

EPA FACILITY ID: AK4170024323 Exiting ATSDR Website

September 6, 2002

Prepared by:

Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, EXPOSURE PATHWAYS, AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

CHEMICAL MIXTURES

ATSDR CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE

HEALTH OUTCOME DATA

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

BASE REDEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH

PREPARERS OF THIS REPORT

LITERATURE CITED AND DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

GLOSSARY

RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS


LIST OF TABLES


LIST OF APPENDICES


ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADEC

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AWQC Ambient Water Quality Criteria
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
BTEX Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Toluene, Xylene
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CSF Cancer Slope Factor
CPF Cancer Potency Factor
DOD Department of Defense
DDESB Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board

DRO

Diesel Range Organics
EPA U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
FOSL Finding of Suitability to Lease
FOST Finding of Suitability to Transfer
FUDS Formerly Used Defense Site
GPR Ground Penetrating Radar
HC Health Consultation
IRP Installation Restoration Program
JP-5 Jet Fuel Number 5
LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level

LTHA

Lifetime Health Advisory
LTM Long Term Monitoring
MEC Munitions and Explosives of Concern
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level
MRL Minimal Risk Level
MW Monitoring Well
NFA No Further Action
NAVFAC Naval Facility

NOAEL

No Observed Adverse Effect Level
NOSSA Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
NPL National Priorities List
NSGA Naval Security Group Activity
OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Administration
OU Operable Unit
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
cPAH Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PCB

Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCE Tetrachloroethylene, Perchloroethylene
PHA Public Health Assessment
PHAP Public Health Action Plan
POL Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
RfDo Oral Reference Dose
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RMEG Reference Media Evaluation Guide
ROD Record of Decision
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SAERA State-Adak Environmental Restoration Agreement
SVOC Semi-Volatile Organic Compound
TCE Trichloroethylene
TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure
TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
ug/dL micrograms per deciliter
UST Underground Storage Tank
VOC Volatile Organic Compound

Next Section